Decorative furpiece



Sept. 16, 1969 v 1'. E 3,465,663

DECORATIVE FURPIECE Filed June 26. 1968 INVENTOR Thomas L.Mehl

W ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,466,663 DECORATIVE FURPIECE Thomas L.Mehl, Mine Brook Road, Far Hills, NJ. 07931 Filed June 26, 1968, Ser.No. 740,276 Int. Cl. A41d /00 U.S. Cl. 2-65 11 Claims ABSTRACT OF THEDISCLOSURE A decorative furpiece comprising a tubular sleeve having asmooth inner and a furry outer surface; said sleeve having a singlestitched seam running from one end thereof to the other end; said seamhaving its stitching on said inner smooth surface; said sleeve having afirst fastener stitched to one end and a second fastener stitched to theother end cooperating with each other; said fastejners havinginterconnecting locking means thereon; and said fasteners being in widthapproximately the width of said sleeve and extending therebeyond.

Objects and summary For many years, fur scarfs and collars have beencommon articles of womens apparel. In recent years, high collars havebeen added to suits and the like which are made of fur. In manyinstances cuffs have also been added to the garment. Generally, thesecollars and cuffs are non-detachable. Where they are detachable, thecollar or cuff as well as the suit must be designed with attachingmeans. Though scarves as an independent accessory have been utilized, ingeneral, they do not have the appearance that they are part of thegarment. Rather they are obviously accessories to the usual suit orother apparel.

It is an object of this invention to provide a furpiece which canreadily be worn with various suits or the like and which will have theappearance of being a part of the suit, sweater, blouse, etc.

Another object of this invention is to provide a fur collar or scarfwhich is easily put on and which except upon very careful inspection,has no visible seams.

A further object of this invention is to provide a furpiece which hasfastening means which can be easily engaged and disengaged with aminimum of discomforture to the wearer.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a furpiece which issimple to manufacture and which has great durability.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a method formanufacturing a furpiece such as described herein.

In summary, this invention pertains to furpieces such as collars andcuffs which are attractive and neat in appearance and which serve as anaccessory for a garment without the necessity of having to provide meansfor attaching the accessory to the garment either on the accessory or onthe garment and yet which will have the appearance that it is part ofthe garment.

These and other objects of this invention will be ap- "ice FIGURE 4 is aplan view showing the second stage of manufacture in which the skin orfur member is folded;

FIGURE 5 is an end view along the line 55 of FIG- URE 4 and viewed inthe direction of the arrows;

FIGURE 5A is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken along the line5A5A of FIGURE 4 and viewed in the direction of the arrows;

FIGURE 6 is a plan view showing another stage of the invention in Whichstitching is applied to the top side edge and prior to inserting of theinverting mandrel;

FIGURE 7 is a plan view showing the manufactured furpiece afterinverting and completion of the stitching operation.

FIGURE 7A is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken along the lines7A7A of FIGURE 7 and viewed in the direction of the arrows.

FIGURES 1 and 2 FIGURE 1 illustrates a person wearing a scarf S and andcuff C as made by this invention.

In FIGURE 2, the fur member F which may be imitation or real fur,comprises a rectangular oblong piece of material. The length of thematerial normally is greater than the width of the material. To one endedge 10 is secured at the lower half thereof a fastener 12. The fastener12 preferably includes a hook pile fabric fastener portion 14immediately adjacent to an elastic portion 16. The fastener 12 issecured to the side edge 10 by means of stitching 18. It is to be notedthat the smooth surface of the skin or fur member F lies facing upwardlyin FIGURE 2 with the fur side facing downwardly. The fastener 12 isstitched to the side edge 10 in a manner so that it secured at one edgeand extends rearwardly over the fur portion.

FIGURES 4 and 5 The second step in the manufacture of the furpiece is totake the fur member F and fold it in half lengthwise so that the furside is on the inside with the smooth side on the outside as illustratedin FIGURES 4 and 5. A second fastener 20 is now inserted between thefold in such a manner that one edge abuts the other end edge 22 of thefur member F. The fastener 20 is similar to the fastener 12 in that itis provided with a hook pile fabric fastener portion 24 and an elasticportion 26. The fastener 20 is secured to the end edge 22 which has beenfolded, by means of stitching 28 best shown in FIG- URE 5. The stitching28 connects the folded end edge 22. to the end edge of the fastener 20to provide a tight laminar seam.

FIGURE 6 Upon completion of the steps as illustrated in FIG- URES 4 and5, the fur member F is provided with stitching 30 along the longitudinaledges 32, from the stitching 28 to nearly the opposite end in the areaof the fastener 12. It is possible to stitch entirely to the end of thelongitudinal edges at the fastener 12, but for reasons which Willhereinafter be obvious, considerable difficulty would be encountered andtherefore the stitching should stop short of the side edge 10 andpreferably about at the end of the fastener 12.

It will now be obvious that the stitching 30 along the longitudinaledges 32 forms a tubular sleeve. An inverting mandrel is now forcedagainst the left hand end of the fur member F and against the stitchingseam 28. The result is that the fur member F is now turned inside outwith the fur now on the outside as illustrated in FIG- URE 7 and thesmooth surface on the inside.

3 FIGURE 7 Having now inverted the fur member by means of the mandrel,it will now be seen that the tab 12 is now at the left hand end inFIGURE 7 and tab 26 at the right hand end.

The portion 34 of the longitudinal edge which has not been stitched asbest illustrated in FIGURE 6, is now provided with stitching 36. Thestitching is completed from inside the sleeve rather than from outsidein order to eliminate any pucker which would affect the appearance ofthe furpiece.

The last step is to close the sleeve at the end edge by including anoverlapping stitching 38 which will overlap the stitching 18 and closethe sleeve entirely. The overlapping stitching 38 which overlaps thestitching 18 now draws the fastener or tab 12 in such a manner as topermit it to project outwardly.

It is obvious that some other fastening means can be provided forjoining the fasteners 12 and together, but preferably hook pile fabricis used because of the ease of connecting and disconnecting and the factthat very little tab or fastener projecting portion need be provided sothat upon connection, the fur actually covers over and extends about thefastener thereby giving the appearance to the furpiece that there is acontinuous collar.

It is obvious that slight changes in the method of manufacture can beafforded in that the fastener 12 may be applied after the fur member Fhas been folded. In any event, it would only be applied to one half ofthe end 10 in the same manner as aforementioned.

While the invention has been described, it will be understood that it iscapable of further modifications, and this application is intended tocover any variations, uses or adaptations of the invention following ingeneral the principles of the invention and including such departuresfrom the present disclosure as come within known or customary practicein the art to which the invention pertains.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A decorative furpiece comprising:

(a) an elongate, flattened tubular sleeve formed from a singlerectangular blank having its longitudinal edges inturned and a smoothinner surface and a furry outer surface to the sleeve walls, the ends ofsaid sleeve being closed,

(b) said sleeve having a single stitched seam running from one endthereof to the other end,

(0) said seam having its stitching on said inner smooth surface;

(d) said sleeve having a first fastener stitched to one end and a secondfastener sttiched to the other end, said fasteners cooperating with eachother,

(e) said fasteners having interconnecting locking means thereon, and

(f) at least one of said fasteners extending beyond the respective endof said sleeve.

2. A decorative furpiece as in claim 1 and wherein said first and secondfasteners include hook pile fabric fasteners.

3. A decorative furpiece as in claim 1 and wherein said first fastenerssttiching closes the ends of said tubular sleeve.

4. A decorative furpiece as in claim 3 and wherein:

(a) said one end of said sleeve has inwardly turned edges, and

(b) said first fastener is stitched to said inwardly turned edges.

5. A decorative furpiece as in claim 4 and wherein:

(a) said other end of said sleeve has unturned edges,

and

(b) said second fastener is sttiched to said unturned edges.

6. A decorative furpiece as in claim 3 and wherein:

(a) said other end of said sleeve has unturned edges,

and

(b) said second fastener is sttiched to said unturned edges.

7. A decorative furpiece as in claim 3 and wherein:

(a) said other end of said sleeve has unturned edges,

and

(b) said second fastener has a first stitching stitched to at least aportion of said unturned edges, and

(c) said second fastener has a second stitching stitched to saidunturned edges and overlapping said first stitching.

8. A decorative furpiece comprising:

(a) an elongate, flattened tubular sleeve formed from a singlerectangular blank having its longitudinal edges inturned and a smoothinner surface and a furry outer surface to the sleeve walls, the ends ofsaid sleeve being closed,

(b) said sleeve having a single seam running from one end thereof to theother end,

(c) said seam being on said inner smooth sruface,

(d) said sleeve having a first fastener secured to one end and a secondfastener secured to the other end and said fasteners cooperating witheach other, and

(e) said fasteners having interconnecting locking means thereon, and

(f) said fasteners being in width approximately the width of said sleeveand extending therebeyond.

9. A decorative furpiece as in claim 8 and wherein:

(a) said one end of said sleeve has inwardly turned edges, and

(b) said first fastener is secured to said inwardly turned edges, and

(c) said first fastener is secured between said inwardly turned edges.

10. A decorative furpiece as in claim 9 and wherein:

(a) said other end of said sleeve has unturned edges,

and

(b) said second fastener is secured to said unturned edges.

11. A decorative furpiece as in claim 10 and wherein said secondfastener is secured to the outside of said unturned edges.

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3,135,256 6/ 1964 Gruber.

ALFRED R. GUEST, Primary Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 291; 6922

